The association between opioids, environmental, demographic, and socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19 mortality rates in the United States: an ecological study at the county level

• Main Authors: Fares Qeadan (Author), Nana Akofua Mensah (Author), Benjamin Tingey (Author), Rona Bern (Author), Tracy Rees (Author), Erin Fanning Madden (Author), Christina A. Porucznik (Author), Kevin English (Author), Trenton Honda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the world presents an unprecedented challenge to public health inequities. People who use opioids may be a vulnerable group disproportionately impacted by the current pandemic, however, the limited prior research in this area makes i...